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    Caught using discounted privilege ticket

    Correction Matt: Network Rail "Alliance" staff get free travel on SWT but no "Priv" discounts.
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    The Tube 7/7 special

    I am assuming that this was on Bravo or Sky 3? Both seem to be showing the series a lot at the moment.
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    Monday Morning blues....advice needed

    Does someone have a spare needle and thread? This conversation reminds me of the typical city commuter who thinks that a ticket is their right to act like a god and its cracking me up. Thank god I am not a bellmonkey anymore! For all the Guard/Ticket Inspector/TTI/conductor would know; your...
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    Southern - overcharged me for ticket! 3-4x more!

    Kudos to Southern, especially when I doubt they have been fully staffed all week because of the weather.
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    Southern - overcharged me for ticket! 3-4x more!

    I completely agree with your comments about the requirement to manully overide the fares. I had to on occasions with my Avantix (and incidntally, never got pulled up for it). I will stand by my comments on the thread though; and not knowing the original poster, nor the majority of members on...
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    Southern - overcharged me for ticket! 3-4x more!

    I would hope that people think that the questions I have asked are for a perfectly valid purpose and for a perfectly valid reason. We can rule out routing and peak ticket issues (although the most expensive combination is still not near £44) and other options such as did the original poster...
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    Southern - overcharged me for ticket! 3-4x more!

    Hmmmmmm Something just does not add up to me here. There are a number of circumstances that add up to a larger overall event and I do have quite a lot of alarm bells going off over the 10 minutes it took me to decypher some of the posts in here. Lets start with my interpretation of the...
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    SWT Train Fire

    I was under the impression that the "warranty" agreement has expired now and SWT must pay maintainance charges to Seimens (although they are tied to take it from them)
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    The Underground Blog Experience (TUBE)

    Lets take a look at a few of the replies that our friend received form other websites: Firstly...... daneth's justification: and his responses: Classic.... lack of grammer, atrocious spelling, not even proud enough to UK the uk..... oh and he called us all train spotters!
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    fatality at watford

    Not everyone knows that the only Voyager in Euston goes to North Wales....
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    Feltham Problems?

    I did not think so either SWT Driver. I take it they are using the crossover on the London side of the station as a shunt neck?
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    A general Network Rail thread

    I have to agree in some respects, while having no knowledge in others. NR Recruitment and the admin teams surrounding it are getting rather slow and dire. While Front line managers (IE LOM's and MOM's) are bearing thebrunt of it and trying to keep things stable and ticking over, Manchester...
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    Havant - Leicester - what ticket would you sell?

    This is the point I was try to make (quite badly). There could be a million reason why the ticket was sold... SWT and EMT are under the same ownership, maybe the T/O may have been of the (incorrect) understanding that EMT and SWT operate the same evening peak restrictions.
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    Havant - Leicester - what ticket would you sell?

    It would be unlikely that the Havant T/O would know all restrictions for cross-London travel and therefore sold theticket they felt was most appropriate. SWT of course, have no evening peak. It dows show however, the shortfalls of the current ticketing system in place.
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    First Class 70s arrive Thurs 5th Nov

    I suspect that they have to go for crew familisation so that the drivers can take it on thetest track! Although the controls may be similar to other classes, there may be some quirksor other subtle changes.... like how to adjust the aircon.:roll:
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    Southampton Central to the port

    and if you leave thestation via Platform 4 it will cost youabout a £1 less because the taxi does not have to circumnavigate the station.
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    Lewes Bonfire

    Apologies, I usd my own (flawed) knowledge to suggest they were 171/3's. Thank you for the corrrection. However. It wasspecifically said in a controlled document that a 4.377 replaced a (2.)171. I don't know how theydid it or whether they switched the units over before it got to the end of...
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    Lewes Bonfire

    They run 4 extra Brighton-Lewes-Brighton trips around the 1800-1930 mark and replaced a 3.171 with a 4.377.
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    What irritates you?

    Hmmmmm. I usually have a snack at Lunchtime, then something substantial at about 5pm (usually a ready meal if at work)..... So where is my breakfast?
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    Man set on fire on the 1808 EDB-ABD

    Yes really. The fact that the woman was Polish may have been included as an aide memoire for those that can remember many incidents through their discussions or careers. There was no mention that the incident was racially motivated. On reflection, I doubt that West Coastway chavs have any...

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